Maurice Chevalier
Acting • Born 1888-09-12 – Died 1972-01-01
Biography
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. His trademark attire was a boater hat and tuxedo. Chevalier was born in Paris. He made his name as a star of musical comedy, appearing in public as a singer and dancer at an early age before working in menial jobs as a teenager. In 1909, he became the partner of the biggest female star in France at the time, Fréhel. Although their relationship was brief, she secured him his first major engagement, as a mimic and a singer in l'Alcazar in Marseille, for which he received critical acclaim by French theatre critics. In 1917, he discovered jazz and ragtime and went to London, where he found new success at the Palace Theatre. After this, he toured the United States, where he met the American composers George Gershwin and Irving Berlin and brought the operetta Dédé to Broadway in 1922. He developed an interest in acting and had success in Dédé. When talkies arrived, he went to Hollywood in 1928, where he played his first American role in Innocents of Paris. In 1930, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Love Parade (1929) and The Big Pond (1930), which secured his first big American hits, "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight". In 1957, he appeared in Love in the Afternoon, which was his first Hollywood film in more than 20 years. In 1958, he starred with Leslie Caron and Louis Jourdan in Gigi. In the early 1960s, he made eight films, including Can-Can in 1960 and Fanny the following year. In 1970, he made his final contribution to the film industry where he sang the title song of the Disney film The Aristocats. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maurice Chevalier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
91 credits
The Smiling Lieutenant
Movie • 1931
Lt. Nikolaus 'Niki' von Preyn
Love Me Tonight
Movie • 1932
Maurice 'Baron' Courtelin
Can-Can
Movie • 1960
Paul Barriere
In Search of the Castaways
Movie • 1962
Jacques Paganel
One Hour with You
Movie • 1932
Dr. Andre Bertier
The Merry Widow
Movie • 1934
Count Danilo
Personal Column
Movie • 1939
Robert Fleury
Rendez-vous With Maurice Chevalier
Movie • 2021
Self - Entertainer (archive footage)
Gigi
Movie • 1958
Honoré Lachaille
Love in the Afternoon
Movie • 1957
Claude Chavasse
The Love Parade
Movie • 1930
Count Alfred Renard
A Breath of Scandal
Movie • 1960
Prince Philip
The Stolen Jools
Movie • 1931
Maurice Chevalier
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Maurice Chevalier
Fanny
Movie • 1961
Panisse
Jessica
Movie • 1962
Father Antonio
A Bedtime Story
Movie • 1933
Monsieur Rene
The Big Pond
Movie • 1930
Pierre Mirande
Silence Is Golden
Movie • 1947
Émile Clément
Make Me a Star
Movie • 1932
Maurice Chevalier (uncredited)
Count Your Blessings
Movie • 1959
Duc de St. Cloud
I'd Rather Be Rich
Movie • 1964
Philip Dulaine
With a Smile
Movie • 1936
Victor Larnois
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie • 1935
Eugene Charlier / Baron Fernand Cassini
The Dwarf Kingdom of Lilliput Versus Gigas the Tall, Prince of the Giants
Movie • 1914
100 Years of Love
Movie • 1954
Massimo (segment "Amore 1954")
Paris 1900
Movie • 1948
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Movie • 1932
Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Playboy of Paris
Movie • 1930
Albert Loriflan
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
Black Tights
Movie • 1961
Himself / Narrator
The Beloved Vagabond
Movie • 1936
Gaston de Nerac 'Paragot'
Break the News
Movie • 1938
François Verrier
Innocents of Paris
Movie • 1929
Maurice Marney
The Little Cafe
Movie • 1931
Albert Lorifian
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Movie • 1973
Self (archive footage)
Folies Bergère
Movie • 1935
Eugene Charlier / Baron Cassini
Panic Button
Movie • 1964
Fontaine
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Paramount on Parade
Movie • 1930
Apache
Just Me
Movie • 1950
Maurice Vallier aka 'Ma Pomme'
Riviera Dream
Movie • 1950
Maurice Chevalier
La Valse à la mode
Movie • 1908
Monkeys, Go Home!
Movie • 1967
Father Sylvain
The Way to Love
Movie • 1933
François
My Seven Little Sins
Movie • 1954
Comte André de Courvallon
A New Kind of Love
Movie • 1963
Self
A Royal Affair
Movie • 1949
The King
The Man of the Day
Movie • 1937
Alfred Boulard
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Movie • 1936
Caston de Nerac
Le Vagabond bien-aimé
Movie • 1936
Gaston de Nerac
Schlagerparade
Movie • 1953
himself
Complicated Women
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Movie • 1962
Self - Host
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Les Trésors de Marcel Pagnol
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
Movie • 1931
(archive footage)
Jim Bougne, boxeur
Movie • 1923
Maurice
Monkey Business
Movie • 1931
Himself (voice)
Chance at Love
Movie • 1964
Self (segment "Les interviews-vérités") (uncredited)
Une soirée mondaine
Movie • 1917
Momo
Par habitude
Movie • 1923
Maurice
Bad Boy
Movie • 1923
Louis-Philippe Massoubre
L'Affaire de la rue de Lourcine
Movie • 1923
Maurice
Gonzague
Movie • 1923
Gonzague / Maurice
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Charles Trenet, l'enchanteur
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Show - Charme - Chansons
Movie • 1965
Self
Sammy Davis Jr. in Europa
Movie • 1968
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
This Is Your Life
TV • 1952
Self
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Maurice Chevalier
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Cadet Rousselle
TV • 1971
Self
Système 2
TV • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
The Century of Icons
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Sorrow and the Pity
TV • 1969
Self (archive footage)
La Chance aux chansons
TV • 1984
Self (archive footage)
Der Sport-Spiegel
TV • 1963
Self
Max Liebman Presents
TV • 1954
Special Guest